How to recover from achilles tendon surgery
Achilles tendon surgery recovery is a long and painstaking task. Here are some pointers to help you through it.
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Instructions
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Keep your leg above your heart, you'll be surprised at how much this will reduce the swelling.
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Do not start walking or running too soon. It'll feel like the tendon is ripping from you muscle, it's very uncomfortable.
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Follow the advice of your doctor on the exercise schedule. When ready and able, I recommend swimming and the step mill machine, not the stairmaster-it's too strenuous in the beginning. Those two exercises were low impact and provided great range of motion.
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Massage the area, use lotion-it will help heal the scar.
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Tips & Warnings
Stay with it, it will take a long time but the tendon will come back strong.
Don't start walking too early
Don't overstress your good leg compensating for your recovering leg.
